diff --git a/apps/search/js/providers/places.js b/apps/search/js/providers/places.js
index edae35600dc1..c2525a6a5fe2 100644
--- a/apps/search/js/providers/places.js
+++ b/apps/search/js/providers/places.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
   function formatTopResult(result) {
     var div = document.createElement('div');
     var span = document.createElement('span');
-    span.textContent = result.title;
+    span.textContent = result.title || result.url;
     div.dataset.url = result.url;
     div.classList.add('top-site');
     div.appendChild(span);
diff --git a/apps/search/test/marionette/browser_test.js b/apps/search/test/marionette/browser_test.js
index d3c99988441f..14f4642108b4 100644
--- a/apps/search/test/marionette/browser_test.js
+++ b/apps/search/test/marionette/browser_test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var Home2 = require('../../../verticalhome/test/marionette/lib/home2');
 var System = require('../../../system/test/marionette/lib/system');
 var Search = require('./lib/search');
 
+var assert = require('chai').assert;
+
 marionette('Browser test', function() {
 
   var client = marionette.client(Home2.clientOptions);
@@ -56,4 +58,28 @@ marionette('Browser test', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  test('Ensure fallback to url when no place title', function() {
+
+    client.executeAsyncScript(function() {
+      var settings = window.wrappedJSObject.navigator.mozSettings;
+      var result = settings.createLock().set({
+        'operatorResources.data.topsites': {
+          'topSites': [{url: 'http://example1.org'}]
+        }
+      });
+      result.onsuccess = function() {
+        marionetteScriptFinished();
+      };
+    });
+
+    client.apps.launch(Search.URL);
+    client.apps.switchToApp(Search.URL);
+
+    client.waitFor(function() {
+      return search.getTopSites().length == 1;
+    });
+
+    var topSite = search.getTopSites()[0];
+    assert.equal(topSite.text(), 'http://example1.org');
+  });
 });